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Foto: Promocional. Ha fallecido el batería americano Ben Riley. Ben Riley fue batería de una serie de importantes leyendas de la música jazz norteamericana, su trabajo se puede seguir a través de discos de Thelonious Monk, Alice Coltrane, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Sonny Rollins o Kenny Barron.
También, durante los años 70 formó parte de New York Jazz Quartet. Esto le convirtió a él también como un nombre dentro del firmamento de estrellas de la música que siempre defendió.
Ben Riley nació en el estado de Georgia pero a los 4 años se mudó con su familia a la ciudad de New York.
Su colaboración en discos y algunos de sus discos como líder se pueden seguir de manera prolija en la web Wikipedia:
As leader
1996: Weaver of Dreams (Joken)
2006: Memories of T (Concord)
2012: Grown Folks Music (Sunnyside)
As sideman
With Chet Baker
As Time Goes By (Timeless, 1986)
Cool Cat (Timeless, 1986 [1989])
With Bill Barron
Variations in Blue (Muse, 1983)
Live at Cobi’s 2 (SteepleChase, 1885 [2006])
The Next Plateau (Muse, 1987 [1989])
Live at Cobi’s (SteepleChase, 1988-89 [2005])
With Kenny Barron
Innocence (Wolf, 1978)
Golden Lotus (Muse, 1980 [1982])
Imo Live (Whynot, 1982)
Green Chimneys (Criss Cross Jazz, 1983)
The Only One (Reservoir, 1990)
Lemuria-Seascape (Candid, 1991)
Live at Bradley’s (EmArcy, 1996 [2001])
Live at Bradley’s II (Sunnyside, 1996 [2002])
Minor Blues (Venus, 2009)
With Ted Brown
In Good Company (Criss Cross, 1985) with Jimmy Raney
With Ray Bryant
Live at Basin Street East (Sue, 1964)
Cold Turkey (Sue, 1964)
With Kenny Burrell
Listen to the Dawn (Muse, 1980 [1983])
Groovin’ High (Muse, 1981 [1984])
With Ron Carter
Yellow & Green (CTI, 1976)
Piccolo (Milestone, 1977)
Peg Leg (Milestone, 1978)
Pick ‘Em (Milestone, 1978 [1980])
With Alice Coltrane
A Monastic Trio (1968)
Ptah, the El Daoud (1970)
With Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
Afro-Jaws (Riverside, 1960)
With Ricky Ford
Manhattan Blues (Candid, 1989)
Ebony Rhapsody (Candid, 1990)
American-African Blues (Candid, 1991)
With Red Garland
Stepping Out (Galaxy, 1978)
So Long Blues (Galaxy, 1979 [1981])
Strike Up the Band (Galaxy, 1979 [1981])
With Bennie Green
Glidin’ Along (1961)
With Johnny Griffin
Battle Stations (Prestige, 1960) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
Johnny Griffin’s Studio Jazz Party (Riverside, 1960)
Tough Tenors (Jazzland, 1960) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
Griff & Lock (Jazzland, 1960) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
The First Set (Prestige, 1961) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
The Tenor Scene (Prestige, 1961) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
The Late Show (Prestige, 1961) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
The Midnight Show (Prestige, 1961) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
Lookin’ at Monk! (Jazzland, 1961) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
Change of Pace (Riverside, 1961)
Blues Up & Down (Jazzland, 1961) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961)
The Kerry Dancers (Riverside, 1961–62)
Tough Tenor Favorites (Jazzland, 1962) – with Eddie «Lockjaw» Davis
With Michael Franks
Tiger in the Rain
With Andrew Hill
Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1969)
Shades (Soul Note, 1986)
With Sam Jones
Down Home (Riverside, 1962)
With Junior Mance
Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard (Jazzland, 1961)
With Ken McIntyre
Year of the Iron Sheep (United Artists, 1962)
With Thelonious Monk
It’s Monk’s Time (1964)
Monk (1964)
Live at the It Club (1964)
Straight, No Chaser (1967)
Underground (1968)
With Sonny Rollins
What’s New? (1962)
The Bridge (1962)
With Sphere
Four in One (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
Flight Path (Elektra/Musician, 1983)
Sphere On Tour (Red, 1985)
Pumpkin’s Delight (Red, 1986 [1993])
Four for All (Verve, 1987)
Bird Songs (1988)
With Horace Tapscott
Dissent or Descent (Nimbus West, 1984 [1998])
With Roseanna Vitro
Listen Here (Texas Rose, 1984)
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